Teaser: Something New from Niner Bikes Coming This Week
Because I’m such a fanboy, as several of our readers have pointed out, we’ll get an exclusive first look at whatever Niner has up their sleeves for Eurobike this Wednesday. Until then, stare at this and speculate…
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Ti Air? Have fun rubbing your inner thigh on the cable stops. I sold my SC Heckler because of that cable routing problem.
I hope those aren’t Ti welds….
Niner/moots collaboration?
cross bike. Looks like a flat spot under the top tube for shouldering. After all, cross bikes still technically have 29in wheels
My vote goes to Stainless Steel.
Oh please let it be an EMD or an Air with a tapered headtube.
A 26″ singlespeed frame?
ouh, a 26inch bike frame
No matter what it is, with Niner it will probably get recalled.
An Enduro hardtail ? With 1.5 headtube ?
Interesting. Welds look too beefy for Stainless or Ti. Must be some sort of scandium/aluminum geared hardtail. The cable routing is interesting, and odd that they chose to focus on that bit for the teaser, they don’t route their cables that way on any of their existing frames. I wonder if its some sort of Niner great divide ultra-endurance rig that has moved the cables on the sides to maximize space for frame bags and bottles.
Tom is on the right track. I’m going with drop bar 29er ala Fargo/Gryphon. Cable routing to aid in frame pack mounting.
Oh yeah, and the flat spot for inevitable hike a bike sections. This could be the result of some feedback from Deejay Birch completing the TDR this year.
Those cable guides look like they’re in the same place as the Air and EMD frames.
cable guide on the seat stay is on the bottom, current frames are on the top of the seatstay…divide rig maybe, but I would think you would want full length cable housing ……fun to guess!
Niner Monstercrosser?
Niner Six-Nine?
Niner Tandem?
New Air 9 with their own proprietary hydro shaped tubing instead of Scandium. Tapered headtube and PF30 BB.
It just may be perspective, but that top tube looks to be too steep for a cross bike. I’m gonna guess ti tandem.
There’s no way that bike isn’t scandium or aluminum with that weld. If they are putting out a Ti or stainless bike with welds like that, RUN.
^ Yup!
Seeing as Niner doesn’t have a Ti bike in their lineup, I am going to assume they aren’t going to start with a Tandem. Could be a CX bike, I think one of their sponsored riders, Slyler, is also on the world CX scene. Although I think the angles (could be the photo) look unusual for a CX bike. CX seems like a natural progressing, but not really a 29er anymore. Soon they will be making road bikes if that’s the case.
A niner that doesn’t crack!!!
I see a fatbike in their future.
Niner unicycle. There I said it. Someday you will all look back on this post as where it started.
Come on guys, we say this before. Niner TSL. Titanium, ss , made for rigid forks.
Recumbent Unicycle?
RIP 9 HT !!